Valarin is a bit of a mystery, I would reckon
But, what would Arda be without a bit of dark and mysterious aspects in its own lore?
As far as I know,
Valarin is the real and original language of the Ainur (with high probabilities, firstly created by the Valar themselves), even though these angelic beings wouldn't need theoretically any kind of verbal communication, due to their telepathic abilities.
But, when the Ainur decided to take a physical appearance (Elf-like, mostly), they consequently established their own language, which they still used at times in Valinor at the presence of the Eldar, albeit having chosen to use mainly Quenya in order to 'adapt' to their Elven citizens' culture, and make them feel more comfortable.
The most interesting and fascinating facts are probably the characteristics of the language itself.
In fact, although one might expect, this language has not at all any of the harmonious, musical and poetic qualities of
Quenya and
Sindarin, to the point that the very Elves often feel sort of displeased and puzzled everytime they hear it.
Tolkien tells us that
Valarin has a very rare and unknown sound, almost unnatural, combined with a very extremely complex structure, so that it's not clear if even the Eldar closest to the Valar and the Maiar (the Vanyar, in particular) ever learnt it; and the Ainur themselves don't probably use it in front of them.
But, let's have an insightful view of it.
For example, do you know how 'Telperion' (the name of the silver Tree of Valinor) is translated in
Valarin (or, more correctly, the Tree's original and true name, since it was created even before the awakening of the Elves in the World)?
Its real name in the Archangels' language is
Ibrīniðilpathānezel Tolkien Gateway suggests the hypothesis of it being derived from ancient Babylonian, exactly giving the language that ancestral taste.
There are other words that we can have knowledge have.
- Mānawenūz: the original name of Manwë.
- Ullubōz: the original name of Ulmo.
- Mâchananaškad: the original name of Máhanaxar, the Ring of Doom, where lie the Holy Thrones of the Valar and the Destiny of Arda is determined.
- Ezellôchâr: the original name of Ezellohar, the Green Hill upon which the Two Trees came into existence.
Probably, there are other few words, even though Tolkien obviously didn't mention all of them, to keep an aura of mystery on all these archaic matters.
Though, we can clearly see that the very Quenya names of Manwë, Ulmo, Máhanaxar and Ezellohar are almost perfect adaptations of their Valarin original counterparts.
Furthermore, it's said that the Vanyar must have probably adapted more other words in their own dialect, given their prominent vicinity to the Lords of the Blessed Realm.
Eventually, I would say that I enjoy this language as much as I do about Quenya (the one I voted), since everything related to Valinor has a place in my Heart
And, I personally think that it's exactly the 'alien' and mysterious nature of
Valarin that makes this language special.
Something like: a language so pure and angelic (which doesn't really belong to the physical and material dimension) that it sounds so distant and unpleasant to the Arda's inhabitants
P.S. Veteran, I modified the title of this thread a bit, widening its topic and making it more general.
I hope to have done something pleasant